Evelyn Waugh

A Life Revisited

By: Philip Eade

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Paperback | 2 September 2025 | Edition Number 1

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A scintillating new biography of the novelist Evelyn Waugh, by acclaimed biographer Philip Eade.

The much mythologised author of Decline And Fall, A Handful Of Dust and Brideshead Revisited was hailed by Graham Greene as 'the greatest novelist of my generation', yet reckoned by Hilaire Belloc to have been possessed by the devil. Evelyn Waugh's literary reputation has continued to rise since Greene's assessment in 1966. Fifty years after his death, Philip Eade draws on extensive unpublished sources to paint a fresh and compelling portrait of this endlessly fascinating man, telling the full story of his dramatic, colourful and frequently bizarre life.

About the Author

Philip Eade was born in Shropshire and read History at Bristol University. He was briefly a criminal barrister and later worked as a writer and editor on the obituaries desk of the Daily Telegraph. He lives in London and the Welsh marches.

Industry Reviews

Eade isn't a standard literary biographer; he is, by instinct and preference, an entertainer ... He is an assiduous researcher with a considerable narrative gift [and] a nice, wry turn of phrase ... This is an exemplary piece of work - DAILY MAIL Book of the Week
Philip Eade has written a brisk, lively and wonderfully entertaining account of the life of a strange, tormented, unique creature. Through page after page one finds oneself laughing aloud - NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS

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